People who are handing out candy tonight.

ckrakowski · October 31, 2014 7:21AM

is anyone going to be dropping in coins with the candy? i have a small stack of barber quarters, SLQs, barber dimes, mercury dimes,buffalo nickels v nickels and one indian head cent . i will drop them in randomly as kids come to the door.

MGLICKER · October 31, 2014 7:27AM

<< is anyone going to be dropping in coins with the candy? i have a small stack of barber quarters, SLQs, barber dimes, mercury dimes,buffalo nickels v nickels and one indian head cent . i will drop them in randomly as kids come to the door. >>

Nice gesture. Hope the random kids appreciate them. Probably not as much as a Bluto bar though.

PerryHall · October 31, 2014 7:44AM

We have this discussion every year. I don't think it's a good idea to let every teenager in my neighborhood (and possibly their older sibling who needs money to feed their drug addiction) know that I'm a coin collector. Security is important to me but maybe not so much to you. Go ahead and call me paranoid---a few do so every year when we have this discussion.

MGLICKER · October 31, 2014 7:47AM

<< Go ahead and call me paranoid---a few do so every year when we have this discussion. >>

Good points, PH. We all have our comfort level and all it takes is one punk to ruin your day.

If giving out coins, maybe state quarters would be less revealing.

PerryHall · October 31, 2014 7:54AM

<< 

<< Go ahead and call me paranoid---a few do so every year when we have this discussion. >>

Good points, PH. We all have our comfort level and all it takes is one punk to ruin your day.

If giving out coins, maybe state quarters would be less revealing. >>

If the coins are not in holders the kids will think you're giving out pocket change because you ran out of candy.

Walkerguy21D · October 31, 2014 7:55AM

I'll be serving margaritas and bottled water to adults, and candy to kids.
I couldn't even get any nieces, nephews, or cousins interested in coins, after giving away many over the years.
But good luck to the OP though, maybe one future numismatist will come from his generosity.

ckrakowski · October 31, 2014 8:08AM

i am not going to let the kids see me put it in with the candy. we have at most 100 kids come to the door in the 3 hours that kids are out and i have yet to run out of candy. i will not do it to every kid i may do it to 1 kid then wait 4 kids then do it again. i will not give them all out tonigh and i know that.

chumley · October 31, 2014 8:12AM

I havent had a trick or treater in years.My alaskan husky passed away and will not be tied to the front porch this year so perhaps I should consider picking up some treats

ckrakowski · October 31, 2014 8:15AM

here is how i am planning on doing it. if i have a piece of candy with my thumb on the back of the candy and in between my thumb and the candy is a coin how is the kid going to see the coin. i figure this way they wont find the coin until their parents dump the candy out to look through it which i am ok with.

crazyhounddog · October 31, 2014 8:21AM

You bet I am!!!! I have so many dateless Buffs I will be handing them out to EVERY trick-or-treater that comes to my house tonight. I'll even pass out some uncirculated 36 & 37 Buffs I have so many of. The thing is, I very rarely get any trick-or-treaters here at my place. Oh well.

messydesk · October 31, 2014 8:29AM

No coins, but I will be giving some kids packets of wasabi and a dare along with their Snickers.

nutz4coinz · October 31, 2014 8:57AM

The kids in my neighborhood are rat bastiges, and we don't like them/they stay away from the house, so, no candy for them!!!

crypto79 · October 31, 2014 9:39AM

<< The kids in my neighborhood are rat bastiges, and we don't like them/they stay away from the house, so, no candy for them!!! >>

I know who has two thumbs and is get his house toilet papered tonight. That guy

BustHalfBrian · October 31, 2014 9:47AM

Gold foil chocolate coins!

ckrakowski · October 31, 2014 1:10PM

well i managed to give out quite a few barber quarters, mercury dimes,barber dimes, only managed one Slq. a few v nickels and a few buffalo nickels. no one knew that i gave them any coins except for a kid with a plastic pumpkin bucket and i am ok with it.

Tookybandit · October 31, 2014 1:28PM

You're brave! We had around 80 trick or treaters and I prefer they come and go quickly and in an orderly fashion.

ms70 · October 31, 2014 2:02PM

Ooooh, NICKELS...... I thought someone said we should hand out pickles.

blacksmoke · October 31, 2014 2:20PM

I got some SGS PF70 Bicentennials with another purchase. I should put them in a Hershey wrapper and dump them on some poor unsuspecting brat.

DBSTrader2 · October 31, 2014 2:24PM

I'll GLADLY take any extra coins you couldn't give out tonight!!

ricko · November 1, 2014 12:30AM

132 trick/treaters.....just candy.....Cheers, RickO

johnny9434 · November 1, 2014 1:51AM

<< I havent had a trick or treater in years.My alaskan husky passed away and will not be tied to the front porch this year so perhaps I should consider picking up some treats >>

my neighbor remembered to bring in their dobermans this year

LochNESS · November 1, 2014 2:02AM

<< I havent had a trick or treater in years.My alaskan husky passed away and will not be tied to the front porch this year so perhaps I should consider picking up some treats >>

Sorry for your loss, chumley. I'm with you. I have only a couple trick-or-treaters every year. Plenty of kids in our neighborhood - a lot, actually - but they don't walk down our street. Last night I was shocked to have eight kids approach our door. They were all drive-bys ... kids from other neighborhoods whose parents drove them to ours (ours is safer) ... kids hopped out because our lights were on, came knocking, then hopped back into the car. We get a few of them every year. Eight may be a record for the past seven years in this neighborhood.

People who are handing out candy tonight.

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